Bonfire Night in Yorkshire, one of the quietest for years, produced few serious casualties but many incidents.

Leeds Police had 58 999 calls - a record. More than a quarter were about bonfire incidents, the majority complaining about children lighting fires in streets and removing gates.

A hand grenade thrown into a fire near Grassington injured Mr. Will Clayton, a textile merchant.

It is understood that the grenade believed to be ‘dead’ was one of three thrown onto the fire.

Mr. Clayton is in hospital. His condition is not serious.

While a Bradford family of eight were watching a bonfire their home in Thorncliffe Road, Manningham was wrecked by fire. Mr. and Mrs. John Foster, their two boys and four girls spent the night at Bowling Institution.

Police were called to a nurses home in Lovell Street, Leeds where a firework was pushed through the letter box.

Leeds city fire brigade had only one call - to a bonfire on the Cottingley Hall Estate. The fire had burned for several hours, and the brigade was asked to put it out because of the danger of the wind blowing it into “life” during the night.